Acquisition of Sligo based Lough Gill Distillery reportedly in ‘advanced stages’
The Sunday Independent reports an American alcohol company are in the ‘advanced stages’ of acquiring Sligo based Lough Gill Distillery. It’s reported the potential acquisition by Sazerac is in the tens of millions of euro. The distillery was founded in 2014 by David Raethorne. Sazerac purchased the Paddy Irish Whiskey…
Sligo boxers collect national underage titles
Two Sligo boxers won national titles at the weekend in Dublin, at the National Boy/Girl 3 Championships. Thomas Myers from Sligo City Boxing Club won gold in the Boys 74kg final on Saturday – while Johnny McGinley from the Gateway Boxing Club won the 103kg category. The full list of…
Sligo hosts first race meeting of the year
The first Sligo Race meeting of 2022 takes place on Sunday when Cleveragh hosts a a seven-race flat card. The going changed overnight because of rain this weekend, from good to yielding to soft. The first race is due off at 1:40pm – with the feature race at 4.35pm, the…